194 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Sepals each with a conspicuous purple pit at base; 
anthers caudate at apex..-.-.---.-.--------- 8. C. subalpinus. 
Sepals without pit at base; anthers merely acumi- 
nate ....22.2220 22-22-22 ee eee ee eee eee 6. C. purdyi. 
Petals narrowly ovate, acute; pods erect ...........-.-.- 7. CY lyallii. 
1. Calochortus macrocarpus Dougl. Trans. Hort. Soc. 7: 276. ¢. 8. 1830. 
Type Locauity: “Dry barren grounds around the Great Falls of the Columbia, and on 
the summit of the low hills between them and the Grand Rapids.” Collected by 
Douglas, June, 1825. 
Rance: British Columbia to Idaho and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: White Salmon, Suksdorf in 1879; Simcoe Hills, Lyall in June, 
1860; Egbert Springs, Sandberg & Leiberg 409; without locality, Vasey 83; Kreager 391, 
Ellensburg, Elmer 393; near Ellensburg, Whited 539; Piper, July, 1897; Wenache, Whited 
1269; Cowiche Creek, Cotton 462; Spokane County, Mrs. Tucker; Spokane, Piper, July, 
1894; Steamboat Rock, McKay 21; Alkali Lake, Sandberg & Leiberg, July, 1892; Pullman, 
Lake & Hull, July, 1892; Piper 1681; Waitsburg, Horner 463; Illia, Lake & Hull, June 
1892. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 
2. Calochortus longebarbatus S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 381. 1882. 
Type Locauity: Falcon Valley, Klickitat County, Washington. Collected by Suksdorf 
RanaeE: Klickitat County and adjacent Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: White Salmon, Suksdorf in 1879; Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 64; 
Klickitat Valley, Howell 560; Klickitat River, Flett 1123. 
This species differs constantly from C. nitidus in producing a bulblet on the stem at the 
surface of the ground. 
3. Calochortus nitidus Doug]. Trans. Hort. Soc. 7: 277. ¢. 9. 1830. 
Calochortus pavonaceus Fernald, Bot. Gaz. 19: 335. 1894. 
Type Locauity: “On the chain of the Blue Mountains and mountainous districts of 
the Columbia, from the confluence of the Spokane River upwards.’ Collected by 
Douglas. 
Rance: Eastern Washington and adjacent Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pullman, Piper 1680; Henderson 2484; Union Flat, Lake & 
Hull 618. 
ZONAL DisTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
4. Calochortus apiculatus Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. 14: 305. 1875. 
Tyre Locatity: “Columbia brittanica ad montes Pend Oreille et Kootenay.’ Col- 
lected by Lyall. This must be very close to where Washington, Idaho, and British 
Columbia meet. 
Rance: Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Spokane, Miss Kate Reed; Pend Oreille and Kootenay rivers, 
Lyall in 1861. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian. 
5. Calochortus elegans Pursh, FI. 1: 240. 1814. 
Calochortus elegans minor Hook. FI. Bor. Am. 2: 183. 1839. 
Calochortus elegans major Hook. loc. cit. 
Type Locauity. “On the headwaters of the Kooskooky,’’ Idaho. Collected by Lewis. 
The exact place is opposite Kamiah, Idaho. 
Rance: Washington, Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pullman, Hull 811; Henderson 2483; Wenache, Whited 40, 1139. 
ZONAL pistripuTION: Arid Transition to Canadian. 
Small specimens of this species have been referred erroneously to C. elegans nanus Wood, 
